Thursday, March 29, 2012

SEE WHO AND WHAT IS ON YOUR WIRELESS NETWORK

If you've ever wanted to see who and what devices are connected to your wireless network, try using the free Wireless Network Watcher utility. This utility will display the IP address, Device Name, Mac Address, and other information about each of the devices that are connected to your wireless network. In addition to being able to scan your network for all devices connected to your wireless network if you run this tool in the background it can also notify you any time a new device connects to your network.
Wireless Network watcher
Tip If you're concerned about who's on your network because it is unsecure see our steps in making your wireless or WI-FI network secure.










WINDOWS GODMODE

Microsoft Windows Vista (32-bit version) introduced a new hidden feature called GodMode that allows you to view and adjust all settings within Windows. To create a shortcut to the GodMode in Windows Vista (32-bit) or any version of Windows 7 follow the below steps.   
    1.  Anywhere on your computer create a new folder.
    2.  After the folder has been created, copy the below text, rename that folder, and paste the text as the file       name.
       GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}

  Once the above steps have been completed a new shortcut entitled GodMode will be visible. 
Opening this shortcut will display a Window similar to the below example.  Windows GodMode